Section 2: A name trimmed with colored ribbons, What is the meaning hung from that depend & The obvious analogy is with music Summary

In "A name trimmed with colored ribbons," the leaves trick the eye, demanding to be seen and making it impossible to look past them. Each bit of Jello is shaped differently in their molded dishes, but otherwise, it is the same. The imagination is more restless than the body, and life is hopelessly frayed. In the afternoons, when the shades are pulled down for her nap, the dark yellow light coming through makes the narrator thirsty. Though the wool itches, she obeys and dresses. When they are called into their parents' sitting room, it is a message of happiness, such as a birthday...